Adjustable hat lining



Sept. 18,1928.

L. B. WEIR ADJUSTABLE HAT LINING Filed Oct. 8, 192'? gvvvwnio 'o Le/a 13. 1 1 5;

attorney:

Patented Sept. 18, 1928.

UNITED STATES LELA B. WEIR, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

* 1,684,610 PATENT OFFICE. 1

ADJUSTABLE VHAT ,LINING. 1

This invention relates to adjustable hat linings and animportant object of the invention is to provide for adjustability, in the height of the lining so that the hat, in which the lining is-placed, can be easily adjusted to the wearers head.

It is thepresent practice, in order to-obtain proper adjustment of womens hats, as to the height that the hat is positioned on the head, to initially make the hat lining approximately as deep as the crown of the hat andthen, if the'hat is positioned too low on the purchasers head, a tuck is taken in the lining, generally in the rear portion thereof, so as to diminish the depth of thesaid lining and cause the crown of the hatto rest higher uponthe head. This method of adjusting the lining requires considerable time and it is frequently the case that the depth of. the lining must be altered several times in order that the crown of the hat may be properly held in position on the head.

- This invention makes possible very quick adjustment in the depth of the lining, as no sewing is required.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the subjoined' detailed description.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a hat lining constructed in accordance with the provisions of this invention, the body of the hat being indicated in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 excepting that a reef or fold has been taken in the lining to reduce the depth thereof.

Figure 3 is a vertical section on the line indicated by 3-73, Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings the body of the lining is indicated at 4 and is cup-shaped and is constructed of any of the materials commonly employed for that purpose. As is well known in this art, such lining materials are of a limp or fiimpsy character and, ascordingly, will readily fold. In the drawings, the lining 4 is shown in position within the body of the hat, said body comprising a crown a and a brim b. The body of the hat is only indicated for the purpose of making clear how the invention operates.

A means is provided for taking a reef or making a fold in the lining body a depthwise of the lining body and for this purpose, the lining is provided with upper perforations 5 and lower perforations 6. The perforations 5'and perforations 6 arearranged in pairs and the perforations comprised in each pair are preferably comparatively close together while the pairsof perforations are compara tively far apart. There are also provided other perforations 7 arrangedin pairs along a plane that extends substantially midway between the perforations 5 and perforat1ons 6.

Through the perforations 5, 6, 7 is tln ea i ed a draw string 8. In this particular instance the draw string 8 is. intwo sections, although it will be readily understood that the draw string may be madeof one piece, if

desired. 'I-lowever, the advantage of having the draw string in two sections is that in making the adjustment the two sections may be drawn at their ends so as the more'easily to take up the lining body uniformly from .end to end of the portion inwhich the reef or fold is made. Preferably such portion is in the rear of the lining body as this, is the portion it. is usual to change the height of.

Each draw string section comprises portions 9 that extend diagonally away .from one another toward the middle of the back portion of the lining body on the outside of said body, portions 10 on the inside of the l ning, other portions 11 on the outside of the lining body and still other portions 12 on the inside of the lining body. 11 of one of the draw stringsections cross the portions 11 of the other draw string section. Preferably the perforations 5, 6, 7 have their edges protected by suitable means as, for example, eyelets 13 so as to guard The portions against the fabric being torn or frayed at the perforations. Buttonhole stitchingmay be used in lieu of the eyelets if desired; The ends of the draw strings are releasably connected by a suitable means such, for example, as bow knots 14:. V

The invention above described operates as follows: Assuming, for example, that the draw string 8 is adjusted to permit of maximum depth of the lining body 4:, as in'Figure 1, and that the hat has been tried on the customer to ascertain whether it its properly and that it is found advisable to decrease the depth of the lining so as to hold the hat higher on the head, the hat will be removed from the head, the bow knots ll'untied and the draw strings 8 will then be pulled, thus causing the perforations 5 to approach the perforations 6, thereby producing a reef or adjustment will be repeated as many times as necessary to secure the desired results.

. what in diameter b During the adjusting of the draw string, if the lining body should be reduced somereason of the preforations 7 at one side eing drawn toward the particular construction for slidably perforations 7 at the other side, the lining ody will again be stretched to its original diameterby the head of the customer as it enters the hat. v

While I have illustrated and described a connecting the draw strin' '8 with the body 4 so as to extend aroun the top and edge of said body and so that a portion of the draw string is connected with the body at a higher level than another portion of said draw string in order that tightening of the draw string will reduce the. depth of the body, it is to be understood that any other suitable means for slidably connecting the draw string with the of the body. 7

said body between body may be substituted for the elements 5, 6, 7 within thefscopeot' the invention.

I claim: 1. An adjustable hat lining comprising a cup-sha body of ;limp lming material, and a raw string slidably connectedwith .said body, a portion of said draw string being connected with the body at a hi her level than "another portion of said raw string so that tighten ng of the draw string will reduce the depth 0' the body.

'2, An adjustable hat lining comprisinga cup-shaped body of limp lining material, and a draw string slidably connected with said body "and extending around said body between the top and edge of said body, a portion of said drawstring beingconnected with the body at a higher level than another portion of said draw string so that ti tening of the drawstring will reduce the depth 3. An adjustable hat lining comprising a cilp shape'd body of lining material, and a drawstring slidably connected with said body at a plurality of places at two different levels, the lining material being of such a character as to form a fold between the upper and lower connections when the drawstring is tightened.

Signed at Los Angeles, California, this v29day of September, 1927. v

.LELA BJWEI 

